About 1,000 Catholic elementary students have received an inspiring message to make a difference in the world.
As part of the WE Day movement, students spent the day at the Chrysler Theatre in downtown Windsor hearing from motivational speakers.
One speaker was Spencer West, who at the age of 5, lost his legs from the pelvis down due to a genetic disease.
He was told he wouldn't be able to be a functioning member of society, but he proved them wrong and even climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2012 in his wheelchair and on his hands to raise $500,000 for clean water in Africa, helping 12,500.
"There are so many things happening in the world that we need to make a difference on," he told the crowd. "But if you come to WE Day here today and you go back to your school and you do nothing, then why did you come?"
Inspiring students to not only talk the talk, but to walk the walk, he wants to encourage students to take action.
Every single person he says, regardless of ability, can make a difference.
"It doesn't have to be Kilimanjaro and $500,000, it can be something as simple as opening the door open for someone or smiling at people you wouldn't normally smile at," he says. "There are a whole slew of things and then maybe taking it from there and finding a cause they care about and getting involved. That's the hope that they recognize they have the power and they do something about it.
WE Day is an educational event and movement of young people leading local and global change.